A complete and integrated pre-IELTS course that provides skills development and graded practice. The course raises awareness of and provides step-by step training in the language and skills needed to tackle a full IELTS course confidently, and aim for a high exam score.

A Focus on Fractions is the first book to make cognitive research on how students develop their understanding of fraction concepts readily accessible and understandable to pre- and in-service K– 8 mathematics educators.

Whitebook and Sakai examine how child care programs and their staff subsist in a field characterized by low pay, low status, and high turnover, and what the impacts of these factors are on the quality of child care provided. Their study is based on an in-depth survey of 75 mid-size, relatively high-quality child care centers located in an economically thriving region. They collect data on salaries, training, and educational background for all teaching staff employed at the centers at three points in time—1994, 1996, and 2000. These data provide a detailed picture of the entire teaching workforce at the 75 centers in 2000 and allow a comparison of the workforce in that year to those in 1994 and 1996. This inside look paints a disturbing picture of a dedicated yet poorly paid, high-turnover workforce.